other

/[ˈʌðə]/ pron

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,787

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

other is aGermanpron. It means: andere Pronounced [ˈʌðə]. It ranks #9,787 in German word frequency. Often confused with over and otte.

Key facts for other
PropertyValue
Headwordother
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPron
IPA[ˈʌðə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,787
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of other in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for other is 5 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʌðə]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,787 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "andere".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for other, with forms such as "ohter", "otehr", and "otherr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "over", "otte", "Otter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is other, spelled O-T-H-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    andere

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ohter,otehr,otherr,othher,othre,otther,toher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for other

Misspelling Variants of "other"

ohter5otehr5otherr6othher6othre5otther6toher5
Misspelling Variants of "other"

Frequency rank: #9,787 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "other"?
"other" is spelled O-T-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʌðə].
What does "other" mean?
As a pron, "other" means: andere
What words are commonly confused with "other"?
"other" is commonly confused with "over", "otte", "Otter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "other"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "other" is [ˈʌðə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "other" come from?
"other" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter O in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.